I'm a couple days early since July isn't quite over, but eh, whatever. I don't like to get too into things here on my blog, I save the diary-worthy overshares for Twitter, but I've still been stressed and struggling and worried about my future because of health problems and living situation. So I went back to distracting myself mostly with games. I'm trying to enjoy them while I'm able to...
![Book Review: Heir to Thorn & Flame (Court of Broken Bonds Book 1) by Ben Alderson [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-Heir-to-Thorn-Flame-Court-of-Broken-Bonds-Book-1-by-Ben-Alderson-255x255.jpg)
Max, a servant, uses magic he didn't know he had to defend himself and ends up forced to take the place of the prince he killed. Between arranged marriage, secrets revealed, and dangerous rulers, he doesn't know if anyone---his best friend, his new husband, a spy who claims to be helping---can be...
It's officially the second half of the year, and that means it's time for more queer sci-fi/fantasy books I'm excited for! The ones that are releasing in the second half of the year (mostly, a couple might've released in June). I always try to get a mix of some new series, some standalones, some fantasy, some sci-fi, some adult, some YA, some graphic novels. But sometimes that's hard, so some...
Space Haven is a complex management-style game set in space. Mine asteroids, make trades, salvage derelict spaceships, fight aliens and pirates, build your spaceship, and make sure your crew has all the supplies and living conditions they need to survive the harshness of...
Xie and his friends want to fight for animals rights and environmental activism, but it's difficult when they're still in high school, and Xie is still on probation after getting caught freeing minks. And when Xie finds the skeleton of a saint, he finds it hard not to be distracted by the pull he feels to...
It's time for another book tag, and this looked like a great one because it's not about specific books and has a lot of questions that make for good discussion. Just to clarify, "in" means I like the thing, "out" means I dislike it. Please keep in mind my answers are just about my taste, and everyone should enjoy what they like and do what they want with their own books! The original is...
![Book Review: The Kingdoms by Natasha Pulley [Audiobook]](https://metaphorsandmoonlight.com/wp-content/uploads/Book-Review-The-Kingdoms-by-Natasha-Pulley-255x255.jpg)
Joe gets off the train one day and realizes he can't remember anything about his life. He goes home with the family who claims him, but a few years later he jumps at the chance to go to a lighthouse, the same one on a mysterious post card that was mailed to him a century...
It's my eight year blogiversary! But it's been five years since I started talking about games on the blog, in addition to books. And when my blog turned five years old, I made a post about my five favorite books in five years of blogging. So now I'm doing the same with games. That was a really clunky paragraph, but you get it, right? There are definitely more than five games that I love...
Vincent is tasked by the Witches' Council to find a powerful magical amulet at a lighthouse because the keeper has just died, but he doesn't expect the man's surly but handsome son, Rafe. As secrets and more danger are revealed, Vincent will have to choose between the Countil and his new...
Making art for Mermay got me back into an art mood, so I set to work on one of the numerous started-and-paused drawings I have. I struggled with it a lot and am not entirely happy with how the drawing came out, but I do like the coloring. It had been a long time since I'd done a portrait with semi-realistic coloring (as in, not cel shading or watercolor splotches). Anyway, it's Jacobin and...
